DemocratNot in office · last served 1990Last on a ballot: Nov 1988

Robert S. Swain

Robert S. Swain ran in 7 elections between 1976 and 1988, winning 7. Served in the North Carolina State Senate (District 26 and District 28).

Career

Offices held, and every time Swain was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Margin: how far Swain finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1988	North Carolina State Senate, District 28	General	Won	Dennis Winner (D), Zora Hays (R), C. N. Willis (R)	26.6%	R+0.2
1986	North Carolina State Senate, District 28	General	Won	Dennis Winner (D), Bill B. Horton (R), John E. Stewart Jr. (R)	26.8%	R+0.6
1984	North Carolina State Senate, District 28	General	Won	Dennis Winner (D), Keith S. Snyder (R), John E. Stewart Jr. (R)	25.4%	R+0.4
1982	North Carolina State Senate, District 28	General	Won	Dennis Winner (D)	49.7%	R+0.7
1980	North Carolina State Senate, District 26	General	Won	James Clarke (D), Mary Jane Hollyday (R), William T. Biggers (R)	26.1%	R+2.7
1978	North Carolina State Senate, District 26	General	Won	I. C. Crawford (D), Joe L. Morgan (R), Edward Krause (R)	27.2%	R+1.6
1976	North Carolina State Senate, District 26	General	Won	I. C. Crawford (D), Ted Smith (R), Edward Krause (R)	29.3%	R+1.3